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REFERRING TO THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM WAITING TIME FOR CONSULTATION AT GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST CLINICS, MR CHAMBERS SAID IT VARIED CONSIDERABLY BETWEEN DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES.
HE SAID THAT WITH REGARD TO SURGERY, THE WAITING TIME RANGED FROM ZERO TO 78 DAYS, FOR PAEDIATRICS FROM TWO TO 164 DAYS, AND FOR MEDICINE FROM TWO TO 167 DAYS.
FOR ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, THE WAITING TIME WOULD BE FROM NINE TO 100 DAYS, FOR NEUROSURGERY FROM SEVEN TO 12 DAYS, FOR GYNAECOLOGY FROM FIVE TO 89 DAYS, FOR OBSTETRICS FROM EIGHT ΤΟ 97 DAYS, FOR RADIOTHERAPY FROM ONE TO TWO DAYS, AND FOR PSYCHIATRY FROM FIVE TO 20 DAYS.
NOTING THAT THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR MOST SPECIALTIES RANGED FROM TWO TO 42 DAYS, MR CHAMBERS SAID IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS OBSTETRICS AND MEDICINE, HOWEVER, IT WAS AS HIGH AS 59 AND 83 DAYS RESPECTIVELY.
BUT HE
EMPHASISED THAT THE ABOVE STATISTICS
NON-ACUTE CASES ONLY. ALL URGENT IMMEDIATELY OR WERE REFERRED TO THE
REFERRED TO CASES WERE EITHER ATTENDED ΤΟ NEAREST ACCIDENT AND EMBRGENCY
DEPARTMENT FOR ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL IF NECESSARY.
ONLY ONE REPORT ON NON-TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
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IN
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, ONLY ONE REPORT HAD BEEN RECEIVED
1986
BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONCERNING SUSPECTED NON-TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES INVOLVING A FEW STUDENTS OF A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DESMOND LEE, MR LIAO SAID THE INCIDENT HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND NO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN DETECTED UPON INVESTIGATION.
"THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL HAD ALSO DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS CONCERNED, HE SAID.
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"SINCE THEN, NO FURTHER REPORTS OF UNUSUAL RELIGIOUS
ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN MADE ON THE RELIGIOUS GROUP IN QUESTION.'
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